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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If my kid classroom get quarantined for 10 days due to a positive kid, can my kid go outdoor to play, go to doctor appointment, go to my workplace, or he/she has to stay home for 10 days?[/quote]

Yes, kid should stay home in this scenario (unless sick and needed doc of course). If they could just go anywhere they wouldn’t be quarantined and could go to school. [/quote]

This rule is so unclear. Also, if one of your kids gets quarantined for a positive case in their class, it does not mean any of your other kids need to enter quarantine which makes no sense to me. If mcps is so worried your child who was exposed could contract covid then why do they allow other members of that same household to attend school while their sibling is at home potentially harboring covid?[/quote]

Maybe they’re hoping parents will use common sense? Unlike the parents who brought their child to soccer this morning when I know their youngest’s class is quarantined because of a positive in their classroom. [/quote]

Well according to mcps their older kid doesn’t need to quarantine and can attend school. So I can see why the parents think it is ok to bring their older child to soccer.   I don’t agree dog this rule at all but I get why you’d think your older kid can continue life as normal if they are allowed back at school. [/quote]

100% positive that the child who was participating in soccer was quarantined due to exposure in the classroom. It wasn’t a misinterpretation of the rule by the parent. It was willful ignoring. [/quote]

Didn’t you say it was the sibling of the child who was playing in soccer that was in quarantine?  If it’s a sibling that’s in quarantine then only that child needs to stay isolated, secondary contacts like their other siblings can attend school and sports. So this parent was not wrong to let their kid play soccer, assuming it was only their younger sibling asked to quarantine as a close contact. [/quote]

Yea if you’re going to get upset about your child playing soccer with “contacts of contacts” then you need to just withdraw from soccer. This is going to be too much for you.[/quote]

Let me make this super clear: Anne’s class is quarantined because there was a positive case in the classroom. Anne came to soccer practice the day after the quarantine began and came to the game this weekend. [/quote]

This happened with us this weekend. Larla’s class is quarantined for 10 days because of a positive case in the classroom. The next day I see Larla at a soccer game hanging out with everyone. Asked if she is tested negative and her mom said she didn’t get her tested. May get her tested later next week so Larla can attend her after school activities. Speechless. I would’ve been okay if she was tested and came back negative.[/quote]

Ok, but almost anywhere else, Larla would not have been sent home to begin with UNLESS she sat within 3ft of the positive child.  MCPS is the only district I know of that is doing this.  Everyone else has moved on to only quarantining actual close contacts (as defined by the CDC), not entire classrooms/grades.[/quote]

Yep, MCPS is taking a "half in/half out" approach to this. They're the only district doing it this way. I don't know how they plan to navigate the future. Maybe the availability of pediatric vaccines will be the goal post they need to pull their heads out of their butts.[/quote]

+1.  The other thing I'm having trouble wrapping my head around is they aren't requiring all the quarantined kids to test before returning.  On one hand, school administrators are fearful of spread, but they don't want to know how much spread there is.  If each kid had to submit test results, MCPS could then demonstrate why these quarantines are needed (if they are seeing spread) or revise their approach (if there was no documented spread).  Such a wasted opportunity.[/quote]

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